As Cyberattacks Surge, Security Start-Ups Reap the Rewards
Investors have poured $12.2 billion into cybersecurity companies so far this year, nearly $2 billion more than the total for all of 2020.Read More
QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow.
Fueled by a desire for touchless transactions, QR codes popped up everywhere in the pandemic. Businesses don’t want to give them up.Read More
Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky “startup nation” home to reams of billion-dollar ideas. These are two drivers of Israel’s image...
FTX, Cryptocurrency Leader, Moves to Curb High Risk Trades
The move would reduce the size of the bets that investors can make by lowering the amount of leverage it offers to 20 times...
Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience
The company is intensifying formal partnerships with faith groups across the United States and shaping the future of religious experience.Read More
Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming
Back-alley firms meddle in elections and promote falsehoods on behalf of clients who can claim deniability, escalating our era of unreality.Read More
CNN’s Marshall Cohen walks through how a match on the dating app Bumble led to a Capitol riot suspect being arrested by police.
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
Researchers and regulators say Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, creates and profits from misleading claims about Covid-19. “I have every right to inform the...
Biden’s Antitrust Team Signals a Big Swing at Corporate Titans
The president has stacked his administration with crusaders who have spent their careers challenging corporate consolidation.Read More
Man Gets 5 Years in ‘Swatting’ Death of Tennessee Grandfather
Mark Herring had a fatal heart attack after the police swarmed his house following a fake emergency call. He had been targeted because of...